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Skulls

Bruges, Belgium

Smedenpoort Skull

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Feria del Alfeñique

The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.

A bison skull on the bridge.

Spokane, Washington

Monroe Street Bridge Bison Skulls

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Taxidermy

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

This 8,000-year-old skull was part of a mysterious Mesolithic ritual.

Found: An Ancient, Watery Grave in Sweden

Why were these Mesolithic skulls mounted on stakes?

Vittoria Traverso February 14, 2018

Make Any Drink More Curious With Skull-Shaped Ice

The perfect accessory for your next cemetery cocktail party.

Paula Mejia February 7, 2018

Anthropomorphic fetish simulated by a manta ray fish.

Reverte Coma Forensic Museum

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

Installation view of Mass by Ron Mueck, 2017 on display at NGV Triennial at NGV International, 2017

This Australian Art Museum Is Filled With Giant Skulls

Sculptor Ron Mueck's work echoes the use of skulls in Western art history.

Sarah Laskow January 16, 2018

Researchers studied 662 craniums.

The Curious Case of the Shrinking Moose Skulls

Researchers studied 40 years of craniums on an island in Lake Superior.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 29, 2017

Extinct woolly rhino skull.

Toronto, Ontario

SkullStore Oddity Shop

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

A detail from an oil painting, <em>Life and Death</em>, depicting half-woman, half-skeleton figure bearing a scythe, 18th century.

How Humans Have Embraced Life, With Images of Death

Masterpieces of memento mori.

Anika Burgess December 7, 2017

"Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Rows of sugar skulls.

The Sweet Secrets of a Fifth-Generation Sugar Skull Maker

Elvira Mondragón Garcia's products range from the size of a gum ball to a human head.

Ximena N. Larkin November 1, 2017

The cranium of the unknown victim.

This Skull May Have Belonged to the Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

Sediments tell of a disaster in Papua New Guinea 6,000 years ago.

Natasha Frost October 26, 2017

San Martino della Battaglia, Italy

Ossario di San Martino

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Wilmington, North Carolina

Museum of the Bizarre

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The Forensic Anthropology Research Facility.

San Marcos, Texas

Freeman Ranch Body Farm

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

The Remains of an Ancient 'Skull Cult' Have Been Found

A new discovery at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey sheds some light on what the structure's purpose might have been.

Erik Shilling June 29, 2017